Carpenter - no experience required

Carpenter - no experience required

2026-06-19T09:04:28

Location: Telford, Shropshire, UK

Postal code: TF3 4

Application: Any

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Job Description

The Army United Kingdom offers a position as a full-time soldier at entry-level Carpenter. From the start, you will plan carpentry and joinery tasks from sketches, learn to use and maintain workshop machinery, and prepare timber for use. You will manufacture joints, use adhesives, produce windows, door frames and fitments, and carry out general construction work including first-fix timber frames and second-fix joinery fitments. You will construct scaffolding, interpret scaffold terms, erect access scaffold and install ladders. You will install partitions, floors, roofing, timber-framed buildings, formwork and shoring. You will study for carpentry qualifications, including Level 2 and 3 Diploma in Carpentry and Joining (Military Engineering) and L2 apprenticeship.

Qualifications

• Be between 16 years 6 months and 35 years 6 months


• Have a GCSE Grade A-C/9-5 or Scottish National 5 in Maths, English Language and one other subject


• Be able to pass a basic fitness test

Salary and Benefits

From the start of your training, you’ll earn £27,282 a year which will go up as you progress in your career. You’ll be gaining transferrable skills from day one that could set you up for life. You’ll have 30 days annual leave each year (plus bank holidays and extra leave after operations), free medical and dental care, cheaper living costs, and free gym and sports facilities. Unless you’re away on operations or training exercises, you’ll normally work 8:30am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday. You’ll also have opportunities to travel the world and participate in adventurous training and sports you love.

Training Path

• Step 1: Initial military training to become a soldier (basic military training for Junior Soldier or adult basic training for Regular Soldier).


• Step 2: 12 weeks at the Royal School of Military Engineering where you’ll learn military engineering skills including demolition and bridge building.


• Step 3: 21 weeks of carpentry training including using machinery and hand tools to make timber building materials.

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Job DescriptionThe ArmyUnited Kingdom£27,282 a year (after training)Master your craft and learn to use it all over the world.
As a full-time soldier, entry-level Carpenter in the British Army, youll:
Plan carpentry and joinery tasks from sketches and apply them in field Learn to use and maintain workshop machinery Prepare timber for use, manufacture joints, use adhesives, produce windows, door frames and fitments Carry out general construction work including first-fix timber frames and second-fix joinery fitments Construct scaffolding, interpret scaffold terms and erect access scaffold and install ladders Install partitions, floors, roofing, timber-framed buildings, formwork and shoringStudy for carpentry qualifications (including Level 2 and 3 Diploma in Carpentry and Joining (Military Engineering) and L2 apprenticeship)To qualify, you must:Be between 16 years 6 months and 35 years 6 months Have a GCSE Grade A-C/9-5 or Scottish National 5 in Maths, English Language and one other subject Be able to pass a basic fitness test.Set yourself up for life.
From the start of your training, youll earn £27,282 a year which will go up as you progress in your career.
From your first day of training, youll be gaining transferrable skills skills that could set you up for life. You dont need to know how to do the job before you get here, because well give you all the training you need.Step 1 is your initial military training teaching you how to be a soldier which will be basic military training if youre a Junior Soldier and adult basic training if youre a Regular Soldier. Step 2 will be 12 weeks at the Royal School of Military Engineering where youll learn military engineering skills including demolition and bridge building. Step 3 will be 21 weeks of carpentry training including using machinery and hand tools to make timber building materials. Youll also receive 30 days annual leave every year (plus bank holidays and extra leave after operations), free medical and dental care, cheaper living costs, and free gym and sports facilities. And unless you're away on operations or training exercises, you'll normally work 8.30am to 5pm, Monday to
Friday.
Youll even get to travel the world, taking part in the Armys adventurous training, and spending dedicated time playing the sports you love.Get skills, get qualified, get confident.
You Belong Here.JBRP1_UKTJ